The pontiff said that immediately after the start of the Russian Federation’s massive invasion of Ukraine, he went to the Russian embassy in the Vatican, and also spoke with the President of Ukraine twice.
Pope Francis has facilitated the largest prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. The pope announced this during a recent visit to Kazakhstan, the statement was published by La Civilta Cattolica.
“Several Ukrainian envoys came to me… The military commander responsible for the exchange of prisoners also came, again with President Zelensky’s religious adviser. This time they brought me a list of over 300 prisoners. They asked me to do something to carry out the exchange. I immediately called the Russian ambassador to find out if something could be done, if it was possible to speed up the exchange of prisoners,” said the Pope.
The pontiff said that immediately after the start of the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he went to the Russian embassy in the Vatican, and also spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky twice, in addition, several times he publicly condemned Russia. war against Ukraine.
“I called the invasion of Ukraine unacceptable, despicable, senseless, barbaric, blasphemous aggression… Read all the statements,” Francis said.
Earlier it was reported that about 2.5 thousand Ukrainians are in Russian captivity.
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